Plain English is a traditional joinery company that makes beautiful bespoke kitchens and cupboards in the UK. Simple and honest in design, all of the kitchens are crafted and painted by hand in their Suffolk workshop, by experienced artisans, who are trained in the time-honoured techniques of 18th and 19th century cabinetmaking.Locally and ethically sourced, quality materials are used, which ensure their kitchens last for generations to come: the baskets are hand-woven in Suffolk, from willow grown along the banks of the River Box and the local forge makes their iron shelf brackets and hanging pot rails.
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ABOUT US We established Plain English in 1992, first setting up shop in an old tannery and then later in a rather grand Georgian farmhouse deep in the Suffolk countryside. As the business grew we gradually converted outbuildings, barns and stables into workshops and design studios. It's where we still make all our cupboards and kitchens today.
Reviews (7)
Anna Ferguson
Nov 06, 2021
We love our kitchen! Would highly recommend Plain English because of the beautiful design and quality of the kitchen, but also because of the excellent customer service. Anneke and then Adrian have been amazing at guiding us through the process and always going above and beyond to help us with our numerous requests! Very happy with the end result.
Nicholas Lazarus
Mar 13, 2021
Octavia Dickinson
Feb 25, 2021
Claire Cooper
May 18, 2019
Beccy Reece
Dec 01, 2018
Katherine Marland
Nov 20, 2018
The service we have received from Plain English has been faultless from beginning to end. Adrian designed the most beautiful kitchen and scullery for us. He led us expertly through each stage and carefully refined the plans with us to ensure that the design would suit the space and work in the way we needed it to. The fitters were brilliantly efficient, friendly and professional - and the painters did an immaculate job especially considering that the cupboards were painted in gloss so required a painstakingly flawless finish.
The end result is that we have a unique and highly functional kitchen in the inimitable and unmistakable Plain English style that we have always loved. Huge thanks to everyone involved!
The end result is that we have a unique and highly functional kitchen in the inimitable and unmistakable Plain English style that we have always loved. Huge thanks to everyone involved!
Hertfordshire Householder
Apr 22, 2018
'Pain English' - definitely not the smooth experience you'd expect from a supposedly professional high-end kitchen company! Don't be fooled by Plain English's smart showroom or images of thier kitchens in glossy magazines or on Pintrest - they may look nice, but you can't tell from them how long they took to complete, how many mistakes they made along the way or how little Plain English actually did.
We paid fully for our (not inexpensive) kitchen back in June - they started fitting it in July, but it's now November and we are still waiting for Plain English to complete it! They do make and fit the cupboards and order the appliances, but it's down to you to arrange almost everything else (they don't measure the room accurately, connect anything to the gas or electric, check that appliances work or even quality control the work done by their sub-contractors).
You will need to arrange and pay for painters, plumbers and electricians to prepare everything then return several times to actually get everything working or repair the damage done by the fitters and stonemasons. Once they have your money, Plain English certainly aren't in any hurry to get the job done properly and their lack of customer care is truly astonishing, they are old fashioned and painful to deal with.
Take my advice, buy a property that already has a Plain English kitchen fitted or enjoy looking at pictures of them in the press, but if you're considering a new kitchen use someone else!
We paid fully for our (not inexpensive) kitchen back in June - they started fitting it in July, but it's now November and we are still waiting for Plain English to complete it! They do make and fit the cupboards and order the appliances, but it's down to you to arrange almost everything else (they don't measure the room accurately, connect anything to the gas or electric, check that appliances work or even quality control the work done by their sub-contractors).
You will need to arrange and pay for painters, plumbers and electricians to prepare everything then return several times to actually get everything working or repair the damage done by the fitters and stonemasons. Once they have your money, Plain English certainly aren't in any hurry to get the job done properly and their lack of customer care is truly astonishing, they are old fashioned and painful to deal with.
Take my advice, buy a property that already has a Plain English kitchen fitted or enjoy looking at pictures of them in the press, but if you're considering a new kitchen use someone else!